The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 5. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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... Truth , than to him or any man living , engaged me in enquiries , of which the enclosed Notes are the fruit . I perceived , that most of these Authors had been ( doubtless very wifely ) the first aggreffors , They had tried , ' till ...
... Truth , than to him or any man living , engaged me in enquiries , of which the enclosed Notes are the fruit . I perceived , that most of these Authors had been ( doubtless very wifely ) the first aggreffors , They had tried , ' till ...
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... truth , which the public had said be- fore , that they were dull : And what it had no fooner faid , but they themselves were at great pains to procure , or even purchase room in the prints , to testify under their hands to the truth of ...
... truth , which the public had said be- fore , that they were dull : And what it had no fooner faid , but they themselves were at great pains to procure , or even purchase room in the prints , to testify under their hands to the truth of ...
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... truth of your information ) the Names of the concealed authors . The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the perfons are too obfcure for fatire . The perfons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would ...
... truth of your information ) the Names of the concealed authors . The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the perfons are too obfcure for fatire . The perfons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would ...
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... truth and foli- 66 dity . And here give me leave to mention what " Monfieur Boileau has fo well enlarged upon in the " preface to his works : That wit and fine writing doth " not confift fo much in advancing things that are new , " as ...
... truth and foli- 66 dity . And here give me leave to mention what " Monfieur Boileau has fo well enlarged upon in the " preface to his works : That wit and fine writing doth " not confift fo much in advancing things that are new , " as ...
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... truth . But well I weet , thy cruel wrong Adorns a nobler Poet's fong : f Letter to B. B. at the end of the Remarks on Pope's Homer , 1717 . Funted 1728 , p . 12 . V Alma , Cant . 2 . Dan Pope , for thy misfortune griev'd , With kind ...
... truth . But well I weet , thy cruel wrong Adorns a nobler Poet's fong : f Letter to B. B. at the end of the Remarks on Pope's Homer , 1717 . Funted 1728 , p . 12 . V Alma , Cant . 2 . Dan Pope , for thy misfortune griev'd , With kind ...
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